User:Lexieherm7/Jade Le Maitre

Jade Le Maitre is an engineer active in the robotics community from Lyon, France. She is co-founder and CTO of Hease Robotics.

Education
Jade Le Maitre obtained a engineering degree in robotics at the EPF Graduate School of Engineering, in Sceaux, France and the Munich University of Applied Sciences. She also conducted research on human robot interaction and social signaling processing.

Career
In 2016 Le Maitre co-created Hease Robotics with Max Vallet. The company develops an autonomous robot called Heasy that provides professional and commercial interaction-driven services. The droids are furthermore specifically tailored for use in the services and retail industry, and specifically designed to interact with customers. In 2017, the company reported a revenue of approximately 300.000 euros. As of today, Hease Robotics has raised 2.3 million dollars and its products are used by a number of French multinationals such as the transport company Keolis, hypermarket chain E.Leclerc, and construction company Vinci, among others.